Sports
With the absence of professional sports teams in Hawaiʻi, the popularity of high school athletics is considerably high in the state. In the year of Moanalua High School's founding, its athletics department joined the Hawaii High School Athletics Association. It currently also competes in the Oahu Interscholastic Association, an athletic conference of public schools on the island of Oʻahu. Moanalua High School competes in air riflery, baseball, basketball, bowling, canoe paddling, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, judo, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, wrestling and water polo. Sports are divided into boys and girls teams as well as varsity and junior varsity distinctions. The most popular sports based on attendance are football, basketball and wrestling. The Athletic Director currently is Joel Kawachi.
State Championships -
Basketball, Boys - 1996, 1997
Bowling, Boys - 1985, 1990, 2004
Golf, Girls - 2006
Competitive Cheerleading - 2003, 2004, 2005
Golf, Individual - 1976 Maurice Jeanpierre (coached by Leslie Higashi), beat top players Kalua Makelena, Tommy Hines, D. Hurter, Robert Black, Wade Nishimoto, Brandon Kop and R. Castillo.
Track, Girls - 1994
Wrestling, Girls - 1999, 2000, 2001
Judo, Boys - 2010, 2011
State Runner Ups
Basketball, Boys - 1978
Basketball, Girls - 1992
Bowling, Boys - 1984
Bowling, Girls - 1979
Cross Country, Boys - 1987,
Cross Country, Girls - 1991
Golf, Boys - 2009
Soccer, Boys - 1981, 1998
Soccer, Girls - 2005
Track, Girls - 1991
Wrestling, Girls - 1998, 2002, 2003
Judo, Boys - 2008, 2009
The 2007 Boy's Basketball Team returned to the state tournament for the first time in ten years. Qualified again in 2008 and made it to the Semi-Finals before having to forfeit all of their tournament games for the use of academically ineligible player.
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